Galileo

Ewan Oughton wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Ian Stirling wrote:
>>>http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wish_List_-_Hardware#Galileo.2FGLONASS.2FGPS_receiver>>>>>> GLONASS?
>>> Isn't that the Soviet GPS-alike that is mostly dead? What's remains of
> it I believe is currently optimised for use in Russian military
> deployments in Chechnya.. Doubt it's going to be a viable tech any time
> soon. Also, finding a chip comparible in size / cost to the Hammerhead
> would be difficult.
It's had new satellites launched recently and commitments have been made
to bring it fully online well before the completion of Galilleo.
It _was_ decaying rapidly into uselessness only several years ago.